lyceum

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Lyceum, from Ancient Greek Λύκειον (Lúkeion) (the name of a gymnasium, or athletic training facility, near Athens where Aristotle established his school), from Λύκειος, from Proto-Greek *λύκη), "light." The meaning of the epithet "Lyceus" later became associated with Apollo's mother Leto, who was the patron goddess of Lycia (Λυκία) and who was identified with the wolf (λύκος). Doublet of lycée and Lyceum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /laɪˈsiːəm/ === Noun === lyceum (plural lyceums or lycea) (historical) A public hall designed for lectures, readings, or concerts. 1875, Henry James, Roderick Hudson, New York Edition 1909, hardcover, page 414 In the autumn he was to return home; his family - composed, as Rowland knew, of a father, who was a cashier in a bank, and five unmarried sisters, one of whom gave lyceum lectures on woman's rights, the whole resident at Buffalo, N.Y. - had been writing him peremptory letters and appealing to him as son, brother and fellow-citizen. (US, historical) A school, especially European, at a stage between elementary school and college, a lycée. An association for literary improvement. ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “lyceum”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “lyceum”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === cymule == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Lyceum, from Ancient Greek Λύκειον (Lúkeion). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /liˈseː.jʏm/ Hyphenation: ly‧ce‧um === Noun === lyceum n (plural lycea or lyceums, diminutive lyceumpje n) lyceum == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === lyceum n (definite singular lyceet, indefinite plural lyceer, definite plural lycea or lyceene) alternative form of lycé == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === lyceum n (definite singular lyceet, indefinite plural lyceum, definite plural lycea) alternative form of lycé